Critics say there is no maintenance of Havannah Nature Reserve, with fences and signs left broken.

Organisers say they are not willing to put public or staff at risk, amid warnings of high winds.

Train operator Nexus wants to add 156 parking bays to a Newcastle station near new housing estates.

Newcastle quayside is to close to traffic while large-scale equipment is moved, the council says.

Calls for further scrutiny lead to the parks takeover being put on hold until a full council debate.

Due to mechanical problems the bridge, which is almost 150-years-old, is unable to rotate.

Councillors voted 37 to 30 to keep the Labour leader following a motion by the Liberal Democrats.

Work to demolish homes destroyed in the blast, which killed a man and seven-year-old boy, is under way.